TPI July 2014

business & market news

Schroeder Valves celebrates 125 th anniversary

Under Mr Muecher’s leadership, Schroeder has successfully pursued international expansion and has grown rapidly. In 2010, the company opened a new factory, which doubled its operating capacity. The new headquarters allow Schroeder to effectively respond to the growing global demand for its products.

control valves. Each product is custom designed.

Schroeder Valves is celebrating 125 years of business this year. The history of the global specialist for pro- tective pump fittings began in 1889, when Heinrich Schroeder established H Schroeder & Co GmbH & Co KG in Gummersbach, a rural community east of Cologne, Germany. Up to the end of World War II the company manufactured agricultural equipment. In 1950 Schroeder started to design and produce protective pump fittings. In subsequent decades, the company expanded and optimised its portfolio with several new developments. Today Schroeder Valves offers a wide range of products, from throttles and automatic recirculation valves to high-pressure

Throughout its history Schroeder has remained family owned and operated, with Axel Muecher taking over the leadership in 2005 after the retirement of his father.

Schroeder Valves GmbH & Co KG – Germany

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The headquarters of Schroeder Valves

UKAS accreditation for BSR Pipeline Services Following significant investment, pipeline service provider BSR Pipeline Services Ltd has secured UKAS accreditation for laboratory and testing services, at its facilities in Hartlepool, UK. water absorption, heat, abrasion and chemicals.” Hartlepool laboratory we have invested in state-of-the-art equipment to simulate a variety of environmental conditions, such as climatic and environmental influences, mechanical and dynamic environmental influences and the effects on field joint coating cycles.” $10mn wastewater rehabilitation contract Insituform Technologies, a subsidiary of Aegion Corp, has been awarded a contract valued at approximately $10mn by the City of Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Including this latest contract, the City of Baltimore has awarded Insituform $56.9mn in contracts since September 2012. pipelines located throughout the Baltimore area. Approximately one mile of the installation will be for medium- diameter trunk sewers. control in the city centre and Inner Harbor areas. Our engineers and crews are well prepared to successfully complete this project while minimising the disruption for citizens and businesses.” Work on the project is expected to begin in mid-2014 and will take approximately 16 months to complete. Insituform will install nearly seven miles of small- and medium-diameter cured- in-place pipe (CIPP) in wastewater Jeff Kowal, vice president and general manager of Insituform’s east region, said, “We are pleased the City of Baltimore has entrusted us to execute this technically challenging wastewater rehabilitation project, which will require a large bypass system and effective traffic Insituform Technologies, LLC – USA www.insituform.com

Besides conducting tests to recognised international standards and industrial certifications (ISO17025:2005), the experienced and flexible workforce within the organisation is able to offer the option of designing and building bespoke test arrangements to provide an independent certification for the performance of safety critical coating components.

Commenting on the accreditation, General manager John Harwood said, “We recognise new and improved materials are being introduced at an accelerated pace. Laboratory testing will provide an accurate insight into the applied properties of coatings in relation to corrosion, adhesion,

In addition to the news of this investment, BSR has just received its tenth consecutive H&S award from RoSPA.

BSR Pipeline Services Ltd – UK www.bsrcoatings.com

Mr Harwood added, “Within our

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